Adler Mannheim celebrate a clear 4-1 win in Augsburg after their Christmas party!

The Adler Mannheim played an impressive away game against Augsburg on Boxing Day and won it 4-1. This represents the first away win of the season for the Adler. Stefan Loibl and Jordan Szwarz each scored twice for the team from Mannheim.

Augsburg started the game strongly and was able to create chances in the first few minutes through DJ Busdeker and Nick Baptiste, but both players were denied by goalkeeper Felix Brückmann. In the 9th minute, Chris Collins also had a great opportunity with the advantage, but it was narrowly missed.

Goals and game play

In the 17th minute it was Stefan Loibl who scored the first goal for the Adler. Augsburg remained dangerous in the second third, T.J. However, Trevelyan and Anrei Hakulinen failed because of Brückmann. In the 33rd minute, the Eagles used a power play to increase the lead to 2-0 through Jordan Szwarz.

As a result, the Adler had to overcome a double outnumbered number, with Brückmann shining with a strong reflex in the 35th minute. Augsburg had another chance shortly before the second break through Kristian Reichel, but was unable to score.

In the final third, Loibl extended the lead to 3-0 before Augsburg was able to reduce the lead to 1-3 through Riley McCourt in the 48th minute. Yannick Proske had the opportunity to increase the lead in the 51st minute, but missed. Szwarz finally made it 4-1 in the final phase after the goalkeeper went off the ice in favor of a sixth skater.

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